#MeToo Stories
I got sexually harassed by a co-worker and my boss shut him down
April 29, 2024 | I was 23 years old, working as a server at an upscale restaurant in Toronto. I got sexually harassed by customers all the time. But I developed a pretty thick skin and I got good at making jokes and deflecting. I brushed it off. It was just part of the job, and I felt like ...
I was sexually harassed at my summer job, and nobody helped me
April 29, 2024 | At 19, I was thrilled to land a summer job working the snack bar on a tourist whale-watching boat in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to make some money before going back to school in the fall, and I was excited about the idea of spending my days on the ...
I was a server in Toronto’s gay village and I got harassed every single day
April 29, 2024 | I moved to Toronto at the age of 17, and my friend got me a job working as a server on the patio at a pub in the gay village. It was really overwhelming to me, because I came from a small town where there weren’t a lot of visible gay people and then all ...
I looked for mentors and got objectified instead
April 29, 2024 | Everybody had always told me it was really important to find mentors, and so in my first jobs after university, I tried really hard to set up those kinds of relationships. I remember there was one man who was really great. We’re not in touch any more but we were pretty close for a long ...
I was sexually harassed and my union helped me
March 22, 2024 | This was a long time ago. I was 22. I worked in an open concept office, with a few dozen other people. There was a guy in his 50s named Steve, who had covered the walls of his cubicle with photographs of women in bikinis. They were a regular feature in the local paper; they ...
I’m not even sure this is a sexual harassment story
March 15, 2024 | I was a senior executive at a big famous company. Another big famous company reached out to see if we wanted to do a partnership, and so we had a bunch of meetings to figure it out. On my side it was just me. On the other side were two men and a woman. Sometimes ...
Secret Santa gave me a sex present in front of the whole company
March 13, 2024 | It was an office job. It was my first Christmas at this company, and they did Secret Santa, which is where you anonymously buy a present for someone whose name you drew. Then there’s a party and Santa gives out all the presents. I drew the name of an older woman, and bought her a ...
I was sexually harassed and quit my job. I don’t regret it.
March 12, 2024 | When I was in my early 20‘s I took a job with a wholesale travel company. Wholesalers put together the packages that travel agents sell. They make all the arrangements with the hotels and airlines thus there is some travel involved, as the staff of the wholesaler need to keep in contact with their clients ...
I was sexually harassed in front of my work colleagues
March 11, 2024 | I was living in Halifax, where I did ad sales for a local radio station. One Saturday night, I was at a club downtown for a work event. I was standing at the edge of the dance floor with two people in my professional network, a promoter and a musician. We were drinking fancy drinks. ...
I was sexually harassed and decided to stay and endure it. Here’s how that played out.
March 3, 2024 | I was 19 and working as a bartender at a dive bar in Toronto. I worked by myself at a small upstairs lounge. From about 1-2 AM, I’d be alone up there, cleaning up and closing out my cash. I don’t remember the first time my manager harassed me. It was almost right away, maybe ...
